The stunt had to be pulled off without a hitch, otherwise Cruise would have been in grave danger. According to the Academy Award-nominated actor, "If something went wrong, I can't get into the airplane until we land." As frightening as the stunt was, Cruise was eager to pull it off. The film's stunt coordinator Wade Eastwood shared just how dedicated Cruise was to the moment: "You can't hang a multimillion-dollar star on the outside of an airplane and fly around in the normal world, but Tom wanted to be on the outside of that plane." He doesn't do the stunt just once...he did it eight times while filming. Better him than me, is all I have to say about that.

Here are all of the thoughts I had while watching this heart-pumping clip: